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CLEOPATRA'S NOSE.

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May 26, 1910, Page 8 The New York Times Archives

PASCAL observed that "if the nose of CLEOPATRA had been shorter the whole face of the earth would have been changed." Also, if it had been longer. Likewise, if COLBERT had been LOUIS XIV.'s War Minister, and LOUVOIS the head of his building department, the history of Prance would have been different.View Full Article in Timesmachine »